, 1887-10-25
THE ARE CONFIDENT.
An Enthusiastic Board of Trade
Meeting Last Evening.
Everybody Interested in the Rich
Silver Grown District.
Better Freight Rates to be Secured
For Merchants.
The Best Stone in the World in
Laramie County.

There was an interesting, well attended
and even enthusiastic meeting of the
trustees AMI committeemen of the board
OF trade at the Office of Secretary Stable
last evening, President Warren presiding.
The assemblage was a characteristic Chey-
enne gathering, comprising. as it did, the
leading men of the leading town of the
West-gentlemen who consider that any
thing which benefits the town rebounds to
their own interests, aud men who are
beginning to realize that when the name
of Cheyenne is mentioned east of the
Nebraska line a mental picture is at once
drawn of a live, busting and enter
prlsing metropolis, the center of "a region
destined to become in the near
future famed far and wide for the
enormous wealth and variety of its ma
tural resources and u~ndeveloped mineral,
oil, building stone and agricultural dis
tricts-a region where an earnest man
who knows the meaning of the word
progress, and Is aware that honest labor
is the forerunner of success, can emigrate
to with the assurance that, in his endeav-
orS to better his own condition, he will
assist the community in which he settles.
and in reciprocity be substantially encour-
aged in any legitimate enterprise which
he may undertake. The oft-repeated as
sertion and widely circulated truism that
Cheyenne men always pull together"
has upon numerous occasions been dem
onstrated to %envious rivals, and this policy
is more strictly adhered to to-day than
ever before.
A variety of subjects of vital interest to
the welfare of the city were introduced by
attendants at the meeting. Several mat
tiers were disposed of, others referred to
standing committees, and still Others to
special bodies selected by the president.
TRANSPORTATION,
A. ID. Kelly on behalf of the committee
on freights, tariffs and transportation,
submitted an encouraging verbal report
as the result of Investigations made by
himself and associates and interviews
held with officers of the freight depart
ment of the Union Pacific. Tariff rates
are at present more reasonable than ever
and it is confidently anticipated that with
the advent of the Cheyenne & Burlington
next month sweeping reductions will be
the order of the day and the merchants
will realize how UNANIMOUSLY they have
been treated in the past. 1t seems the
general impression that many evils in re-
gard to freight rates will be remedied
and numerous concessions made by the
old line during The administration of
Vice President Potter. He has cvinced
a disposition to treat patrons of the road
fairly and his action is appreciated, but as
noted before there is still room for i'm
provement in this direction.
MINES AND MINING.
Prof Stanton, who is well acquainted
with the mineral resources of the territory
and a recognized authority upon g%eologi-
cal matters, voiced the opinion of every
one at all familiar with ores, etc, when
he stated that beyond all doubt the rich
ness of Silver Crown was far in excess of
the most generous estimates of parties in
terested in the development of the camp.
Warren Richardson, ST., as representa-
tive of Mr.. liver johnson, one of the
heaviest investors in Silver Crown, spoke
briefly but to the point upon the subject
under consideration. He announced that
concerning the project TO sink a 500 foot
shaft upon one Of the most promising
prospects, the smelter owners counselled
a postponement until they could learn the
exact result of the experimental run of
the plant. The matte is now under
treatment at the Belleville, ILL.,, Refining
works, and the precise monetary value of
the output will be known in a few days
at most. The r~efincrs advise that
the raw ore be shipped to them for treat
ment. They argue hat as coal for their
improved furnaces can be secured for the
almost infniteslmal sum of thirty-fve
cents per ton, and with labor at $l.25 per
day, this procedure would be the more
economical. The board of trade was
apparently Of the opinion that this plan
might work for the present, or until the
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